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Lying in Competitive Environments: A Clean Identification of Behavioral Impacts

Dato, Simon; Feess, Eberhard; Nieken, Petra - 2022

competition, and/or the behavioral impacts of competition. Psychologically, a competitive environment alters incentives for ….e., succeeding in a competition is valuable per se. We design an experiment that allows us to disentangle financial and psychological …

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Product Differentiation and Oligopoly: A Network Approach

Pellegrino, Bruno - 2023

extent of competition from substitute products. I estimate that, in 2019, public corporations produced consumer surplus in …

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Overconfidence and Gender Equality in the Labor Market

Bastani, Spencer; Giebe, Thomas; Gürtler, Oliver - 2023

Gender differences in overconfidence have been extensively documented in the empirical literature, but the implications for labor market outcomes are not well understood. In this paper, we analyze how men's relatively higher overconfidence, combined with competitive job incentives, affects...

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Can Competition Reduce Conflict?

Garg, Teevrat; Gennaioli, Caterina; Lovo, Stefania; … - 2023

We examine the effect of inter-group fiscal competition on within-group violent conflict. Using a triple difference … that higher competition between villages reduces conflict but only up to moderate levels of competition. The conflict …-reducing effects of competition are largest in the most ethnically fractionalized and segregated villages and exist regardless of the …

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The Persistent Effect of Competition on Prosociality

Kosse, Fabian; Rajan, Ranjita; Tincani, Michela - 2023

We present the first causal evidence on the persistent impact of enduring competition on prosociality. Inspired by the … competition period. 4-year follow-up data indicate that the effect persists and generalizes, suggesting a change in traits and not …

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A Theory of Reciprocity

Falk, Armin; Fischbacher, Urs - 2001

This paper presents a formal theory of reciprocity. Reciprocity means that people reward kind actions and punish unkind ones. The theory takes into account that people evaluate the kindness of an action not only by its consequences but also by the intention underlying this action. The theory...

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Theories of Fairness and Reciprocity - Evidence and Economic Applications

Fehr, Ernst; Schmidt, Klaus - 2000

Most economic models are based on the self-interest hypothesis that assumes that all people are exclusively motivated by their material self-interest. In recent years experimental economists have gathered overwhelming evidence that systematically refutes the self-interest hypothesis and suggests...

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The Interplay Between Regulation and Competitions: The Case of Universal Service Obligations

Hoernig, Steffen H.; Valletti, Tommaso M. - 2002

Regulators have long been aware of the social aspects of communication. In the past, regulated monopolists have provided Universal Service Obligations, typically funded via a system of cross-subsidies. In this paper, we first review the rationale for imposing Universal Service Obligations, based...

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Efficient Transfer of Aging Provisions in Private Health Insurance

Meier, Volker - 2003

In long-term private health insurance contracts, aging provisions are used to flatten premium profiles. An individual would like to change insurers if she perceives a low service quality. The first-best optimum is characterized by provision transfers which are higher for high risks and may be...

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Privatising Network Industries

Newbery, David - 2004

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